Today I learned how to be a missionary from a Buddhist

Anyways, we started out the day by going down to Momogaiken, a park. God and a passerby helped us find it, and we sat there as a group of little kids ran around and played tag. K-shimai, a Buddhist friend, came and we gave the kids high-fives and were about to leave when K-shimai was like, "Hey, you guys have meishi (business cards) and stuff, right? You should give them to the moms." and we were like, "...o ya, rite." 8B So we did and she was like "Yeah, these guys are missionaries and I'm totally kankei nai (unrelated), but I went to their church and it was a good. Don't knock it 'til you try it. I think it's something everyone should do at least once. Very kikiyasui (easy to listen to)."

Then she showed us and the hijiki (I had given it to her earlier as a thank-you present for all the stuff she'd given us) off to the shopkeeper of the cafe (he gave me a discount :D.) By the way, he was like, "You're LDS? I'm JW." And we were like, "Really?" Him: Yeah, my daughter's Catholic, the waitress is Protestant." As we left, this other guy came in and the shopkeeper was like, "This guy is a Shinto god." I busted up laughing pretty hard on that one. And everyone called my nihongo (Japanese) "kirei" (beautiful, clean, pure, perfect). It's certainly not perfect, but I'm flattered that they say it's kirei—but the H. gofuufu said the same thing, so I might be starting to believe it. :) ) Afterwards, we began to head out and our dear friend K-shimai was like, "So, when are you transferring?"

Me: Dunno.

Her: Huh. Well. Before you go, tell me your address.

Me: Like, for Japan?

Her: Like, for Utah. Me: :))))

Her: *quieter* I probably won't be able to go or anything... but...

Me: Zehi!!! Itsudemo kiite kudasai!

We're going to be best friends forever :D

But anyways, on the way back, we high-fived a group of high schoolers, and K-shimai stopped and was like, "Oi, turn around. They're probably interested in English."

...You're right.

So we turned around and dendo'd them. And, thanks to K. shimai, all of them were like, "Ikitaaaaaai." (Want to go)

So, today... I learned how to be a missionary from a Buddhist. She wins. And she bought us like, 20 dollars worth of candy. In case you're wondering, we ate about 10 dollars worth of it in the first 20 minutes after we got back to the church.

She was super. I love her guts and I just want to hug the heck out of her.